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Show I GREEK CHRISTMAS OBSERVED AT j PRICE CHURCH ON SUNDAY LAST 'JOB BImH kUBHI Wi MHf niliMfiHUl l'-:-m rill 'mm ' GKEEIv ORTHODOX (III ltfll AT PRICE. Ilugiuning with liixh iiihih at UtYclock SuiulMy moniinur, Janu-. Janu-. ly 7th, tlio Greek jwople of Crhm nnd Emory counlios eelubmtwl their ChriHtitiiiK in the (.reek Oilhodftx church at Prlco, Ilev. Murk Emm. Petnikin, pastor of the cliurcji, officiating. The beautiful new edifice wan appropriately decorated with numerous lighted wax taper, which ih the Greok stylo of decoration, decora-tion, and the sorvices were attended by several hundrud people lically and from the various camp. Regarding the Christmas day it is well to know that the orthodox ortho-dox population of Europe follow what is known as the Gregorian talendar, which is thirteen days bohind the Julian calendar or our method of computing time, honce the Greek Christmas day falls thirteen days lator than ours. The significance of the day is the same to the Greuks as to the test of the Christian world, but they differ from us, in that their B Santa Claus does not distribute gifts on Christmas day, but on the New Year's day instead. ' |